19 Oct 2020
CAPITAL WEALTH HOLDINGS LTD AND OTHERS v. 南通嘉禾科技投资开发有限公司
- Citation
- [2020] HKCFI 3025
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCT66/2020
An interim anti-suit injunction was appropriate and granted because there was a strongly arguable case that a valid arbitration agreement exists to be governed by Hong Kong law with HKIAC as seat, the plaintiffs had commenced arbitration and the arbitral tribunal should decide its own jurisdiction, the PRC proceedings (No. 89 and the WFOE Proceedings) concerned matters arguably covered by the arbitration clause and threatened to frustrate arbitration and enforcement, and substituted service on the defendant's Hong Kong lawyers was necessary and proportionate given urgency and notice requireme…